Clock Test Deficits Are Associated with Semantic Memory Impairment in Alzheimer Disease

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-245

  Leyhe, Thomas ^a,c   Saur, Ralf ^a,b   Eschweiler, Gerhard W ^a,c   Milian, Monika ^a,b  

^a MM)   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clock Drawing Test; Clock Questionnaire; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 70450217248     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988709335798     Document Type: Article

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